At an elevation of 2,450 feet (747 metres), Tom Price is the highest populated place in the state. It was built during 1965–66 by Hamersley Iron Proprietary Ltd. as the residential and service centre for workers at the huge open-cut iron-ore mine at Mount Tom Price. The town and the mountain were named for Thomas Moore Price, a vice president of the American company Kaiser Steel Ltd. who encouraged mining development ... (100 of 178 words)